HP Archive

In need of a cheap tablet? How about a 7-inch tablet from HP? No, we’re not talking about the famous HP TouchPad which saw its price go down as low as 99$ during its firesale a few years ago, but rather about the HP 7 Plus. This new tablet in […]

HP’s TouchPad. Since it’s launch last summer, the TouchPad story is like a soap opera. First the price drop, at $99, it became the cheapest tablet available on the market. Then, there were rumors that some HP TouchPad tablet were running Android OS natively. And today, despite HP’s denial of […]

HP just announced that they are planning to make webOS an open source OS. webOS is the OS that most people who got a discounted HP TouchPad tablet during last fall’s firesale are trying to get rid of. With a price tag of only $99 and $150 for a 16GB […]

After more than a month of hard work, the CyanogenMod team released an Alpha version of CyanogenMod 7.1 for HP’s TouchPad. Like they say, it is just an Alpha build so expect some things not to work. At least it will work better than the Android app on the TouchPad […]

A new progress has been made regarding the portability of Android onto the HP TouchPad. But for once, its not from the Cyanogenmod team. A chinese programmer has been able to install Android directly from HP’s WebOS application page. The Android app is launched in WebOS just like a normal […]

Cyanogenmod is making progress porting Android onto the HP TouchPad. This time, the Cyanogenmod team has made a new boot installer called ACME. Thanks to ACME, dual booting will now be a breeze. Switching from WebOS to Android or vice versa will be possible when shutting down the device. And […]

There’s a new video from the Cyanogemod team showing an almost fully functional HP TouchPad running Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. New functionalities and improvements to the Android version on the TouchPad include hardware acceleration for videos, games, and a better sound. There’s still a lot of work to be done, but […]

The Cyanogenmod team is working hard on the HP TouchPad. Up to now, they have been able to resolve Wi-Fi issues, and have added accelerometer functionality and audio. On top of that, the Cyanogenmod team have been able to get the Android Market working partially. As this is a work […]

Alright! After successfully being able to dual-boot HP’s TouchPad, Team TouchDroid did it again. This time, Team TouchDroid was able to get the HP TouchPad touchscreen to work. Sounds obvious, but since nothing is mapped when porting Android to the TouchDroid, this represents a big step towards successful Android porting […]

HP TouchPad. It seemed like the biggest tablet deal in history. And it was. Now with Android coming on it thanks to CyanogenMod, we’re getting closer to an Android tablet. Well another hardworking team is making very good progress on it, Team TouchDroid has been able to dual boot HP […]